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Bug 443557 - gdm should set the WINDOWPATH environment variable
gdm should set the WINDOWPATH environment variable
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gdm
Classification: Core
Component: general
2.18.x
Other All
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: GDM maintainers
GDM maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2007-06-03 14:08 UTC by Samuel Thibault
Modified: 2007-06-05 02:43 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

Attachments
makes gdm define WINDOWPATH (4.91 KB, patch)
2007-06-03 14:11 UTC, Samuel Thibault 		needs-work Details | Review
makes gdm define WINDOWPATH (5.82 KB, patch)
2007-06-04 13:24 UTC, Samuel Thibault 		none Details | Review

Description Samuel Thibault 2007-06-03 14:08:39 UTC 
Hi,

As discussed some time ago on xorg@freedesktop.org (starting from http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2005-December/011434.html and agreed on http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2005-December/011470.html), xdm & such should set the WINDOWPATH environment variable to the number of the current VT (or Xnest window ID) for braille displays to work smoothly.

Here is a patch against gdm 2.18

Samuel
Comment 1 Samuel Thibault 2007-06-03 14:11:44 UTC 
Created attachment 89279 [details] [review]
makes gdm define WINDOWPATH
Comment 2 Brian Cameron 2007-06-04 04:49:58 UTC 
The patch looks good to me.  Except for the fact that it does not apply to GDM head.  Please resubmit an updated patch against GDM SVN head and I'll accept this.
Comment 3 Samuel Thibault 2007-06-04 05:44:33 UTC 
Where is svn head?  The url is not given on the webpage and http://svn.gnome.org/svn/gdm/trunk doesn't work...
Comment 4 Brian Cameron 2007-06-04 06:04:46 UTC 
Try gdm2/trunk rather than gdm/trunk.

Also, you can just use GDM 2.19.2 release that is available at ftp.gnome.org.  Note I am releasing 2.19.2 right at the moment, so you should see it available shortly (in the next hour).
Comment 5 Samuel Thibault 2007-06-04 13:24:02 UTC 
Created attachment 89331 [details] [review]
makes gdm define WINDOWPATH

Updated to today's svn.
Comment 6 Brian Cameron 2007-06-05 02:43:54 UTC 
Thanks for the patch.  Now committed to SVN head.